Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Character count in WFP 3.20 with/without spaces?
Poster: Dominique Pivard
Post title: Easy to check
[quote]Peggy Maeyer wrote:
... anyone out there who knows whether WFP character count includes spaces?
[/quote]
It's easy to check: just take any sample Word document, analyze it in WFP and compare the character count to what Word gives you.
I did that here:
Bottom line: WFP doesn't include spaces in its character count (= same brain-dead approach copied from Trados), too bad if you operate on a market where it's standard practice to bill based on character counts, which almost always should include spaces (because, after all, the translation you deliver usually include them as well). Finland and Germany are two such markets I'm aware of.
Workaround: add the number of words to the spaceless character count and you will get a rough estimate of the total character count, including spaces.
Topic: Character count in WFP 3.20 with/without spaces?
Poster: Dominique Pivard
Post title: Easy to check
[quote]Peggy Maeyer wrote:
... anyone out there who knows whether WFP character count includes spaces?
[/quote]
It's easy to check: just take any sample Word document, analyze it in WFP and compare the character count to what Word gives you.
I did that here:
Bottom line: WFP doesn't include spaces in its character count (= same brain-dead approach copied from Trados), too bad if you operate on a market where it's standard practice to bill based on character counts, which almost always should include spaces (because, after all, the translation you deliver usually include them as well). Finland and Germany are two such markets I'm aware of.
Workaround: add the number of words to the spaceless character count and you will get a rough estimate of the total character count, including spaces.